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by maxk42 8y ago
It solved a chronic lethargy problem that resulted in me falling asleep randomly at inappropriate hours at home. Literally -- not figuratively -- changed my life.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Installed a CO2 monitor in my home two days ago. Already changed my life. It warns me when I need additional ventilation and even beeps if CO2 levels raise too high. It sounds silly but it's scary how quickly levels rise when the win
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by maxk42 8y ago
> the union can still function as sort of an insurance policy against future severe abuses Except by the union.
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by maxk42 8y ago
You're assuming a new union would be immune to the same fate. You can be as clever as you like but all systems are exploitable.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Elitists from silicon valley will downvote this simply because they don't like having their life choices called into question but you're right: The costs (cost to lease space, cost of labor, business costs, commute, quality of lif
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by maxk42 8y ago
Just wanted to write to say after reading this article I went out and bought a CO2 meter. Levels in my house were high enough to effect drowsiness and trouble concentrating. (> 1100ppm, even with the window cracked) Subsequently decid
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by maxk42 8y ago
The prices were about the same as my local grocery store -- in some cases higher. But I found a live cockroach in one of the boxes they shipped me and it freaked me out too much to continue.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Subscribed to this for several months. 90%+ of what they shipped me was ordinary surplus produce. Even the "ugly" carrots they sent me were ... just ordinary carrots, as far as I could tell.
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US signs act that opens government data to the public into law(engadget.com)
5 points by maxk42 8y ago|0 comments
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by maxk42 8y ago
The web cannot be decentralized without putting an end to SSL. As long as certificate-issuers are the arbiters of commerce and browsers push users to trust unsecured websites more and more, malicious governments will be able to silence peo
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by maxk42 8y ago
Just decided to give it a try. I think this is my new browser.
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by maxk42 8y ago
In Hollywood if you take up a parking space with a scooter instead of turning it sideways so a car can still fit you are a massive dick. Parking is a very limited resource here.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Especially hurtful to people who have limited mobility and get around with a wheelchair, walker, crutches, or have trouble bending down to move them out of the way. On top of that I've seen them left in bushes, in the street taking up
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by maxk42 8y ago
The gulf between a senior dev and the average junior is akin to the gulf between a senior dev and the average window washer. The gap is too wide between juniors and seniors. Plus the market is flooded with junior devs. At this moment it&#
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by maxk42 8y ago
People are more likely to speak up when they're unhappy than when they're happy. If they agree with everything you said, they'll typically upvote in silence. It has nothing to do with developers.
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by maxk42 8y ago
This isn't a company. It's an all-volunteer force. And educating people with four-letter words is a highly effective way to get people to fall in line with your culture, rather than allowing them to go around half-cocked all the
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by maxk42 8y ago
ProtonMail's security is formidable, but the messages are encrypted in such a way as to not be searchable. If security is your concern and long-term search isn't, consider giving them a go. Great mobile app, too.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Still wrong: People who are happier perceive their dogs to be well-behaved. People who are more anxious predictably have more anxiety about their dogs' behavior. FTA: "This study looked only at the owners’ perceptions of separati
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by maxk42 8y ago
Not all emotions must be pleasant. Why do people think there's something wrong with unpleasant emotions?
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by maxk42 8y ago
It would be unnecessary and could potentially actually reduce its shelf life while altering the flavor and texture in possibly undesirable ways.
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by maxk42 8y ago
You could also look at it this way: This technology is thousands of years old and predates refrigeration and most basic sanitation. It's that easy.
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by maxk42 8y ago
It's really hard to get wrong. The salt kills most of the bad things and the capsaicin and garlic have potent anti-fungal properties which make it especially difficult to mess up. If you remember to turn your ferment once a day or so
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by maxk42 8y ago
This is incorrect, and why the recipe emphasizes a brine of 5% salt. Botulism cannot survive in saline conditions. Lacto-fermentation is the oldest means of food preservation aside from cooking and drying. It is used throughout the world
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by maxk42 8y ago
Is this the start of a new approach to public-key cryptography?
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by maxk42 8y ago
Pioneers die of dysentery.
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by maxk42 8y ago
It claims to modify the AST, so yes, hypothetically, it would scramble backticks. Note that I have not reviewed the code -- I'm only going by the claims in the article.
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by maxk42 8y ago
I've been using Protonmail for quite a while. It's excellent.
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by maxk42 8y ago
Another one of the only ones here.
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by maxk42 8y ago
That's silly. A phone is clearly papers. Paper has become digital.
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by maxk42 8y ago
This is the correct interpretation: Google and Amazon thrive on data.

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